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Making a systemd service
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example.service
[Unit]
Description=My service
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -u example.py
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/example/
Restart=always
User=username
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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systemd-service.md

Making a systemd service

  1. Take the example file and copy it into /lib/systemd/system/ as root:

sudo cp example.service /lib/systemd/system

  1. Modify it so it fits your needs. A good resource for this is: https://fedoramagazine.org/what-is-an-init-system/ and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd

  2. Enable the service so it will start on boot and restart on crash:

sudo systemctl enable example.service

  1. Start the service:

sudo systemctl start example.service

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